Subject: Re: cross-compiler
To: Brian Hechinger <wonko@blackhole.arkham.net>
From: Curt Sampson <cjs@portal.ca>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/13/1997 09:55:31
On Fri, 13 Jun 1997, Brian Hechinger wrote:
> > However, you will only be able to link static binaries; NetBSD
> > a.out dynamic linking is not supported by current versions of gnu
> > binutils.
>
> hmm. that sucks. how will this impact me though?? can i still build a
> kernel?
It won't affect the kernel at all.
> can i 'make build' or 'make world'?? what am i limited to because
> of this?? idealy i should be able to do a 'make world' from my cross
> compiler, now that would be cool. :)
You can still build an entire system; it will just be statically
linked and thus a tad larger, that's all. :-)
cjs
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